“Not much, I’ll wake up tomorrow and go at it again,” Staal said before being asked whether he believes he’ll play again in the series. “I don’t know. With this thing, the way I’ve been dealing with it is I wake up in the morning and take it from there. I couldn’t speculate one way or another.”

Staal was on the ice Friday morning, but wouldn't go into detail why he ruled himself out for Games 4 and 5, and possibly the rest of the series. After taking a puck to the eye in March, blurred vision and a depth perception that's not 100 percent have been part of what's kept him out of the lineup.

He had also took part in the morning skate of Game 4, but said "it didn't go particularly well as the day went on."